Two people flown to hospital after separate Pocono crashes

Friday

Jan 4, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Two people were flown to the hospital following separate crashes around the Poconos on Thursday. An elderly man was flown from the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Mountainhome, and a female was flown following a two-vehicle crash at Chipperfield Drive and Wigwam Park Road in Stroud Township.

Two people were flown to the hospital following separate crashes around the Poconos on Thursday.

An elderly man was flown from the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Mountainhome at about 3:45 p.m.

Route 390 was closed at Spruce Cabin Road for several hours while police investigated the crash, involving a Nissan Pathfinder and four-door Cadillac.

A female involved in the crash was reported to have chest pains.

Later Thursday evening, a female passenger was flown to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash at Chipperfield Drive and Wigwam Park Road in Stroud Township.

The female, reported to be in her late teens or early 20s, was initially reported to be unconscious and had to be freed from one of the vehicles by rescue crews, according to scanner reports. She was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital.

The driver of one of the vehicles also was injured in the 6:45 p.m. crash.

No further details were available on either crash as of Thursday night.